| Literature DB >> 26921723 |
Jacqueline Montain1, Lianping Ti2, Kanna Hayashi3, Paul Nguyen3, Evan Wood4, Thomas Kerr5.
Abstract
We examined the relationship between duration of injecting career and HIV seroconversion among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Vancouver, Canada. Data were derived from HIV-negative PWID enrolled in a prospective cohort study. We employed Kaplan-Meier methods and Cox regression to investigate the effect of length of time since injection drug use initiation on time to HIV seroconversion. In multivariable Cox analysis, duration of injecting career was negatively associated with time to HIV seroconversion (adjusted hazard ratio=0.82; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.69-0.97). Our findings highlight the need for interventions that target individuals who participate in high-risk drug use behaviors.Entities:
Keywords: HIV incidence; Injecting career; Injection drug use
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26921723 PMCID: PMC4808383 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.02.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Addict Behav ISSN: 0306-4603 Impact factor: 3.913